Choosing New Paints for Your Home

The New England winter palette that Mother Nature provides is based on snow: snow white, ice blue, cloud gray, deep conifer green. One way to avoid falling into a blue or stormy mood in the middle of these chilly hues is to redecorate a room or two - starting with the colors on the walls.

You won't be alone. Every January, the design institutes and paint companies announce their color trends for the year. A major benefit of these predictions is that the combinations they present are pretty much guaranteed to look good together. If you're uncertain about your own color sense, you can get good, free, online advice from real experts. - as long as you like their basic choices.

Paint Color Surprises in 2015

Last year, all the major designers chose a very muted pallet based on grays. (They must live in the South!) Surprisingly, this year's prediction from the Paint Quality Institute is pretty much the same. There's nothing wrong with it, of course. Come spring or summer, it will seem far less monochromatic, and perhaps a soothing relief from flowers and bright blue skies.

Also a surprise this year, the major paint manufacturers (our favorites, at least: Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore) have chosen to...Click here to read more.